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[House  of  Representatives,  No.       .] 


HOUSE  OF    REPRESENTATIVES,  September  8,    1862.     Or 
tiered  to  be  printed. 


[By  Mr.  Gray.] 


A.   BILL 

To  be  entitled  An  Act  to  amend   "  An  act  to  further  provide 
for  the  public  defence,''  approved  April  16,  18G2. 

1  Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 

2  America  do   enact,    That   the    President  be,  and   he   is 
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3  hereby  authorized  to  call  out  and  place  in  the  military 

4  service  of  the  Confederate  States,  for  three  years,  unless 

5  the  war  be  sooner  ended,  all  white  men  who  are  residents 
(')     of  any  of  the  Confederate  States,  between  the  ages  of 

7  thirty-five  and  forty-five  years,  and  also  those  who  may 

8  have  attained  the  age  of  eighteen  years  at  the  time  the 
y     call  or   calls   may  be  made,  and    who   are    not,  at   such 


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H»  times,  legally   exempted   from    military  service:  which 

11  call  or  calls  shall  be  made  under  the  provisions  and  ac- 

12  cording  to  the  terms  of  this  act  and  of  the  act  to  which  it 

13  is  an  amendment  :  and  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be 
11  understood  as  repealing  or  modifying  any  part  of  said 
15  former  act.  except  as  hereinafter  stated. 

1  Sec.  2.  From  the  number  of  those  enrolled,  those  first 

2  called  into  service  shall  be  such  portion  from  each  State 

3  as  may  be  necessary  to  recruit  to  their  maximum  number 

4  the    companies,    squadrons,    battalions,    and    regiments 

5  which  were  organized  and  in  service  from  such  State  on 

6  the  IGth  of  April,  1862,  and  now  in  service  ;    and  then 

7  there  may  be  called  into  service   such   further   number 

8  from  each  State  as  may  be  necessary  to  recruit  the  com- 

9  panies,  squadrons,  battalions,  and  regiments  raised  and 

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10  organized  from  such  State  since  the  said  16th  day  of 

11  April.     And,  after  the  existing  organizations  from  any 

12  State    have  been  fully  recruited,  the   President  may,  at 

13  his  discretion,  delay  further  calls  until   further   recruits 

14  are  necessary  ;  or  he  may  call  for  the  surplus  remaining, 

15  and  others,  being  able-bodied  men  over  forty-five  years 

1 6  of  age,  who   may  volunteer,  to   be  organized    into  new 


17  companies,  squadrons,  battalions,  and  regiments  of  such 

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1 8  different  arms  of  military  service  as  he  may  direct. 

1  .       Sec.  3.  All  who  may  be  called  into  service  shall  be 

2  entitled  to  a  bounty  of  fifty  dollars,  to  be   paid    when 

3  mustered 'in  ;  and  those  called  into  service  to  recruit  ex- 
•1  isting  organizations  shall,  in  no  event,  be  assigned  co 
5  companies  from  oilier  States  ;  but  they  shall  be  allowed 
(')  to  select  the  company  from  their  own  Statu  which  they 

7  may  prefer  to  join  until  it  is  recruited  lo   its  maximum  ; 

8  the  selection  to   be  made  according  to  such  regulations 

0  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  prescribe. 

1  Sec.  4.  The  elections  for  officers  of  companies,  squad- 
Si  rons.  battalions,  or  regiments  which  may  hereafter  be 
3  ordered  either  to  iill  vacancies,  or  for  new  organization.-, 
1  shall    be  held  after  at    least    live  days'  notice    has    been 

5  given  of  the  time  and  place  ;  and  the  olHcers  elected  shall 

6  be  examined  as  to  their  qualification  within  two  months 

7  after  their  election,  by  a  Board  of  Examiners  composed 

8  of  competent  military  officers   assigned   to  that  duty  in 

9  each  military  department.  If  they  be  reported  qualified 
lU  by  the  board  they  shall  be  commissioned  by  the  Presi- 
11  dent.  but.  if  not  qualified,  then  the  election  shall  be  void. 


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12  and  their  places  filled  by  promotion  according            nior- 

1 .'!  ity  of  those  found  qualified  ;  and   the   offices   so  vacated 

11  by  promotion  shall  be  filled  by  new  elections,  but  always 

15  subject    to  examination  as  aforesaid  before    being  com- 

1 6  missioned. 

1  Sec.  5.  The  regiments  now  in  service,  and  others  thai 

2  may   hereafter  be   raised  and  organized  from  each  State 

3  shall,  as  far  as  practicable,  be  formed  into  separate  lui- 
1  gades  ;  and  brigades  from  each  State  shall  he  command- 

5  ed  by  officers  who  are  citizens  of  their  respective  States. 

6  And  appointments  of  Brigadier  and  Major  Generals  from 

7  citizens  of  each  State  shall  be  made,  so  that  the  number 

8  of  such  officers  in  the  Provisional  Army  from  the  several 

9  States   shall   be   proportioned    to   the    number  of  troops 
10  raised  or  called  into   service  from  the  respective  States. 

1  Sec.  0.  The  President   is   authorized  to  suspend    the 

2  execution  of  this  act,  or  of  the  act  to  which  it  isamend- 
;'•  atory,  so  far  as  relates  to  the  enrolment  and  calling  into 

4  service  of  soldiers  enrolled,  in  any  locality  where  he  bc- 

5  heves  such  suspension   will  promote  the  public  interest  ; 

6  Provided,  That  nothing  in  said  acts  shall  be  so  construed 

7  as  to   prevent   the   acceptance   of  volunteers   for  three 


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8  years,  or  for  the  war  if  it  be  sooner  ended,  from  such  lo- 

9  calities,  but   the   President   is   authorized  to  accept  such 

10  volunteers,  who  shall  be  organized,  as  far  as  practicable, 

11  according  to  the   provisions  of  said  acts,  and  such  regu- 

12  lations  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  prescribe. 

1  Sec.  7.  Tins  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage,  ex- 

2  cept  in  the  States  of  Louisiana.    Arkansas  and  Texas,  in 

3  which  Stales  it  shall  lake  effect  on  the  thirtieth  day  after 
1  its  passage. 


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